Daughter sues Japan hospital over triple billing for Chinese mum’s treatment
A woman filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a hospital in Japan that diagnosed and treated her Chinese mother with a brain tumour in...
Abandoning the US: top Chinese scientists return home
NEWSCMP China Series Top scientists have been leaving the US for China in a wave that is changing the landscape of global research. In...
Albania appoints ‘world’s first’ AI government minister
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Thursday he had appointed the world’s first AI-generated government minister to oversee public tenders, promising its artificial...
Hong Kong to boost non-local public university student quota to a maximum of 50%
Published: 12:29pm, 12 Sep 2025Updated: 12:53pm, 12 Sep 2025 Hong Kong’s leader will further increase the non-local student quota to a maximum of 50...
New Zealand, UK Update Defence Pact as Threats Rise
New Zealand and the United Kingdom have updated their decade-old defence cooperation agreement to reflect what the Defence Minister Judith Collins called a “rapidly...
‘Do you want a boycott?’: Malaysia’s top mall rolls dice with flag ban
Published: 12:21pm, 12 Sep 2025Updated: 12:27pm, 12 Sep 2025 Malaysia’s most famous shopping centre edged closer to a damaging boycott after threatening to throw...
China bets big on Thai industrial cluster with US$8.4 billion investment
China has become the leading source of foreign investment in a growing, state-fostered Thai industrial cluster, backed by commitments to help build a light-rail...
Elderly woman killed, grandson injured after being hit by car in Hong Kong
A woman in her sixties has died and her grandson has been injured after being struck by a car in Hong Kong on Friday....
Here’s why post-industrial America can’t do industrial policy
Images of heavily armed American agents in paramilitary gear shackling and zip-tying hundreds of compliant South Korean technicians at a Hyundai-LG battery plant in...